| Page Views: 61 Last Visit to Bhim Tal: - | Beautiful Bhimtal by urvashi123 - last update: Oct 20, 2009 |
In ancient times during the days of the Mahabharata king Pandu use to rule Indraprastha.He had five sons and his second son Bhima ,who was an expert in the use of the mace(gadha)was travelling through the hills of Uttarakhand along with his wife Draupati.it so occured that at this particular place (presently Bhimtal),Draupati felt very thirsty and quench her thirst Bhim hit his (Gadha)mace on the ground very hard ,which resulted in water flow from the ground and thus the formation of Bhimtal took place,and suitably the name Bhimtal also took form.There is a small island in the middle of Bhimtal which is currently an aquarium.This is beleived to be the spot on which Bhim hit with mace (Gadha).During this travel of the Pandavas they are also supposed to have setup a "Shivlinga" along side the lake, which is presently known as the temple of Bhimeswor Mahadev and is visited by people far and near. |
|  | How to reach Bhimtal Bhimtal situated in the beginning of the Uttarakhand hills,can be reached from any parts of india .It is a convinient drive from Delhi via Moradabad which is 300kms and can be covered in about 6hours.There are 2trains from Delhi one during the day ( Uttaraanchal Sampark Kranti)starting at old Delhi railway station at around 3:50 pm,and reaches around 11pm to Kathgodam station.The night train namely Ranikhet Express starting also from old Delhi railway Station at 10:50 pm and reaches Kathgodam at 6 am .Kathgodam is the last station before the mountains begin ,from where you eitherhire a Taxi or take a bus to Bhimtal which is a 21kms climb.There are many tourist buses running from Delhi to Nainital which go via Bhimtal since it is also enroute, Nainital is only 22kms from Bhimtal or one can hire a taxi from Delhi .The nearest Airport is Pantnagar and tere are flights from Delhi, but one has to drive about 51kms to Bhimtal ,From the Airport. |
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mallyak Sat Oct 10, 2009 08:59 UTC
Never knew this place even existed till I saw your page..nice photos urvashi!I really liked the simple photos of the school children | goutammitra Wed Oct 7, 2009 02:23 UTC
Why not some tip on restaurant & hotel tips? I revisited your page. It's grooming well. | cachaseiro Sat Aug 8, 2009 08:26 UTC
that looks very interesting. | matt10gonzalez Fri Apr 3, 2009 06:32 UTC
Wow! How nice...! It looks like Darjeeling! You live in a nice place Urvashi! It's doesn't look so crowded and it's pretty! Oh..! I should really go here the next time I go to India! |
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